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Past Events (1873)

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February 20, 2016
Saturday
  • Drip Irrigation101

  • Feb 20, 2016 from 3:00am to 5:00am
  • Location: Pittsburg Library Community Room
  • Description:

    Drip irrigation allows you to save a tremendous amount of water vs. traditional irrigation methods! Learn the basics of planning and installing a drip system in your yard. Resource materials will be provided.

    Click here to register.

  • Created by: Tyler Snortum-Phelps
 
  • Lose A Lawn, Get A Garden Workshop

  • Feb 20, 2016 from 2:00am to 5:00am
  • Location: Pleasant Hill City Hall
  • Description:

    Lose the Lawn, Get a Garden: How to replace your lawn with a beautiful water-wise landscape

    This inspiring and informative workshop is designed for homeowners interested in replacing their water-thirsty lawns with beautiful water efficient landscapin

  • Created by: Tyler Snortum-Phelps
February 19, 2016
Friday
  • Floral Arrangement Presentation

  • Feb 19, 2016 from 2:30am to 4:30am
  • Location: The Gardens at Heather Farm
  • Description:

    Floral Arranging Presentation with Najat Nicola
    Friday, February 19 • 9:30 a.m.  

    Najat returns to The Gardens to entertain us with her floral creations.  She will prepare a number of designs, sharing resources and giving tips and ideas to invigorate

  • Created by: Janet Fazio
February 13, 2016
Saturday
February 9, 2016
Tuesday
  • Bounty From Your Garden: Fruit Trees 101

  • Feb 9, 2016 from 11:30am to 1:30pm
  • Location: Rodgers Ranch Heritage Center
  • Description:

    Fresh fruit! The goal of many home gardeners it to be able to wander into your garden and pick luscious, tree-ripened  fruit, fruit that has not traveled hundreds of miles, or been in cold storage before hitting the grocery shelves. 

    Come explore the
  • Created by: Tyler Snortum-Phelps
 
  • 2016 Foodservice Forecast - Step into the Future

  • Feb 9, 2016 from 2:00am to 6:00am
  • Location: PG&E Food Service Technology Center
  • Description:

    Step into the future...

    The foodservice world is changing: affected by an economy in recovery, technological advances, sustainability initiatives, and an ever more sophisticated public. How healthy is the foodservice industry? Will 2016 be a good year

  • Created by: Kiana Caban
February 6, 2016
Saturday
  • Gardening 101: The Basics

  • Feb 6, 2016 from 3:00am to 5:00am
  • Location: Wanlass Park
  • Description:

    Gardening 101:  The Basics

    Learn how easy and fun gardening can be!!  Join Bay-Friendly Landscape Professional & Garden Educator Lori Caldwell to learn the basics to be a successful first time gardener.  Topics will include:  healthy soil building, tr

  • Created by: Lori Caldwell
 
  • John Valenzuela “Discovering Fantastic

  • Feb 6, 2016 from 3:00am to 4:00am
  • Location: Heritage Presbyterian Church
  • Description:

    You can grow wonderful fruit in spite of our recent drought and warm winters. Speaker Series Presenter, John Valenzuela, will share simple and effective growing strategies and techniques, with water wisdom and microclimate magic. He will also discuss

  • Created by: Marcella Licea
 
  • Bath Salts & Salves

  • Feb 6, 2016 from 3:00am to 5:00am
  • Location: The Gardens at Heather Farm
  • Description:

    Bath Salts & Salves with Hollie Lucas-AlcalaySaturday, February 6 • 10:00 a.m.  

    Learn how to make your own herbal bath salts and healing salves.  Hollie will show us how to use her homegrown herbs and blend them with pure salt, oils and beeswax to ma

  • Created by: Janet Fazio
January 23, 2016
Saturday
  • Calling all local urban farmers and food producers!

  • Jan 23, 2016 from 3:00am to 5:00am
  • Location: Benicia Community Center
  • Description:

    If you consider yourself a local food producer or urban farmer – you grow and/or cook for others (or would like to join this movement) – please join us this Saturday as we start the conversation about food production and sharing in Solano County.  We

  • Created by: Marcella Licea
 
  • Succulent Arrangements

  • Jan 23, 2016 from 3:00am to 5:00am
  • Location: The Gardens at Heather Farm
  • Description:

    Succulent Arrangements with Diane GoldsmithSaturday, January 23 • 10:00 a.m. 

    Create a Valentine inspired succulent arrangement with succulents from The Gardens.  Explore ways to create an interesting composition of succulents that will grow well in a

  • Created by: Janet Fazio
January 21, 2016
Thursday
January 19, 2016
Tuesday
 
  • 36th Annual EcoFarm Conference

  • Jan 19, 2016 to Jan 23, 2016
  • Location: Asilomar Conference Center
  • Description:

    The EcoFarm Conference is more than a conference. It’s a gathering for inspiration, renewal, and celebration. We are in an era of unprecedented opportunity, a time in need of alternatives to advance a vision of a food and farming system that is healt

  • Created by: Tyler Snortum-Phelps
January 17, 2016
Sunday
  • Rodgers Ranch Rain Barrel Installation

  • Jan 17, 2016 from 5:00am to 9:00am
  • Location: Rodgers Ranch Urban Farm
  • Description:

    Join the Rotary Club of Pleasant Hill, Boy Scouts, the team at Rodgers Ranch Urban Farm & Heritage Center, and other community members for a hands on rain barrel workshop. We will install four rain barrels off the tool shed at the top of the hill. $2

  • Created by: Anne Baker
January 16, 2016
Saturday
  • Healthy Gardening In Harmony With Nature

  • Jan 16, 2016 from 3:00am to 5:00am
  • Location: Pittsburg Library Community Room
  • Description:

    It’s totally possible to have a thriving garden with no chemicals, lots of beneficial insects, and less work than you might think! Superstar gardener Marian Woodard will teach you about:
    ·      Healthy Soil. We'll test samples, including from your ya

  • Created by: Tyler Snortum-Phelps